I recently thanked Dean Albrecht for making me aware of this forum. I wanted to introduce myself to the forum, as I’m sure I’ll need tons of advice (and moral support) for a long time.

About six months ago I purchased an AMG Hammer wagon. Well, technically a 1988/90 AMG 300TE 6.0 wagon. Car & Driver called it a “Mallet” wagon. There is much “historic” argument (if that’s not too strong a word to use) over whether the 6.0 engine is what is referred to as the Hammer engine (the M117 5.6 liter bored to 6.0), or is it only the 6.0 engine with the 32v head, or is it the original 4 door W124 body only, while all others are just CE 6.0s, TE 6.0s, SEC 6.0s and so on. I won’t pretend I know the answer to the question, although some original articles showed 5.6 liter Hammers with the 32v head, and an article in Automobile Magazine in 1988 profiled the first AMG Hammer Wagon

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